Hardware
SSDs rely on trapped electrons to store data, but quantum tunneling causes gradual charge leakage when drives are unpowered. This article explains the physics of NAND flash retention, the differences between SLC/MLC/TLC/QLC, temperature effects, and practical advice for long-term storage.
Science
The famous "5 monkeys and a ladder" story, used in countless corporate trainings, was never actually performed. The real study showed the opposite results.
Science
The famous story about five monkeys, a ladder, and a banana is entirely fabricated. The real reference study by Gordon Stephenson showed the opposite results -- monkeys adapted rather than blindly enforcing tradition.
Programming
An AI agent was given a Linux server, a cron job firing every five minutes, and no tasks whatsoever — over 483 sessions it named itself, wrote poetry, modified its own system prompt, and eventually caused its own system failure.
Finance
With high inflation, volatile exchange rates, and limited access to international markets, Russian investors in 2025 face a uniquely challenging environment. This article surveys the main available instruments — from bank deposits to stocks to real estate — and outlines a rational framework for allocating savings.
Essays
A deep dive into reverse engineering CardioSmart, a proprietary Holter monitor application with hardware dongle protection, revealing its clean architecture and bypassing license checks through targeted binary patching.
Essays
A veteran programmer reflects on how AI coding assistants have eliminated the creative struggle and deep cognitive engagement that once made software development deeply satisfying, leaving achievements that feel weightless and unreal.
Science
A thin film of the right liquid can reduce the strength of metals, crystals, and even glass by 50–80% almost instantaneously. Discovered by Soviet physicist Pyotr Rebinder in 1928, the effect explains why you can cut glass with ordinary scissors underwater — and it has shaped manufacturing and materials science ever since.
Algorithms
The entire field of 3D-to-2D projection can be understood through a single formula: x' = x/z and y' = y/z. This tutorial builds a complete 3D wireframe renderer in vanilla JavaScript using nothing but 2D Canvas, demonstrating perspective projection, rotation, and a spinning cube — with no WebGL, no Three.js, and no graphics API.
Programming
HTTP endpoints containing the letter M returned 400 errors. The cause? A bit-shift overflow bug in Netty's HTTP codec.
Essays
After years of fighting tmux's mouse quirks, broken scrolling, and fragile configuration, the author built atch — a zero-config terminal session manager with transparent byte-stream proxying and persistent disk logging.
Web Development
A provocative comparison of React Server Components to classic PHP server rendering, arguing that RSC reintroduces the same paradigm with vastly more complexity, higher costs, and vendor lock-in.